Content Archive: January 2015

Airlines

Cyprus Airways Suspends Operations, Plans Liquidation

State-owned carrier Cyprus Airways suspended operations after the European Commission rejected a bailout package for the ailing carrier.
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ATC

FAA Takes Aim at Flight Plan Discrepancies

Agency says discrepancies “can lead to a loss of separation and an increase in workload for ATC and flight crews.”
Safety

Airbus AD Revisited

The chain of events that led to the June 2009 loss of an Air France A330 over the south Atlantic began when ice blocked the pitot tubes on that aircraft.
Safety

Can Reading Accident Reports Produce Better Pilots?

Students need the right frame of mind to learn what the reports are truly telling them.
Safety

OSHA Orders Air Methods To Reinstate Pilot

Pilot lost his job for refusing to fly an aircraft he deemed unsafe.
ATC

NetJets Europe Leading Sesar Demo Project

The demonstration project will test synthetic vision, enhanced vision and other technologies for approach and landing into European airports.

GAMA Review Poised To Paint Positive Outlook

The report is expected to mark the first substantive upswing for business jets since the economy ran into a storm cell in 2008.
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland Starts AW169 Production

Initial deliveries and certification of the new medium-twin helicopter are expected in the second quarter.
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Rotorcraft

Russian Oil Company Places Order for 160 AW189 Helicopters

Helicopters will be supplied mainly through HeliVert, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters.
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Discovery Air Expands Fast Jet Training Offer

Canadian company is flying Alpha Jets and A-4Ns, with F-16s to come, on cost-saving contracts for the Canadian and German armed forces.
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